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In order to claim the home office deduction, you must show a profit on the business. The home office deduction can reduce the income of the business to zero but not below. If you no longer ran the business in 2025 and have a $0 profit, than the home office deduction is no longer applicable and cannot be taken on your return. You can use the Tax Tools on the left to find and delete Form 8829 to remove the home office deduction from your return.   The Home Office Deduction

It depends.  If you're filing your first 1040, then no, You can't file 1040X, amended return with your original 1040.  If you are filing a second 1040 to correct an error on the original 2040, then yes, Form 1040X will need to be attached to the second 1040 to reflect the corrected amounts.   1040X isn't yet available for Efile in TurboTax‌.  It is expected to be available mid-late February.  Here's a link that gives more information on how to amend your tax return: How do I amend my federal tax return for this year?

No, the answer isn't incorrect and you did not miss anything.  Your daughter qualifies as a dependent based on the information you provided.  Usually, the reason for this issue is something omitted in the interview about the dependent.    Revisit the entry in the "My Info, Your household" section. Make sure all the interview screens have been completed accurately:    Navigate to My Info, Your household, select your daughter and revisit. Choose "My child", continue and be sure her name, date of birth and proper citizenship is complete.  Continue, and answer the question about living arrangements and parents.  Continue, and answer any less common situations. Here, make sure "was a full-time student in 2025" is checked. Lastly, enter the child's SSN and be sure that "Not valid for employment is printed..." is NOT checked. Here is some more detailed information: Rules for Claiming Dependents on Taxes

Here is the guidance and helpful links from the article, "I need help signing in to my Intuit Account"   I forgot my user ID or password If you forgot your user ID or password, but still have access to your phone or email address, follow these steps:   Go to our sign-in help page.   Enter the phone number, email address, or user ID for your account.   We’ll send you a text or email with a verification code.    Enter the verification code we sent, or follow the instructions in the message. We may ask you for a little more info to make sure it’s really you.   When prompted, reset your password.   You can also select Skip.   If that doesn’t work, select Try something else. We'll ask additional questions about you, such as your last name, date of birth, Social Security number, and ZIP code, to verify your identity. You can click the link to the sign-in help page and follow the rest of the steps above to start moving this problem forward from here.

If the account no longer exists, the money will not be deposited, the bank will reject the deposit automatically. The IRS will send a CP53E notice in the mail to you, requesting that you update your bank details.    See the article: What if I entered the wrong bank account for direct deposit?

I have been using TurboTax for over 15 years. Every year the fees increase but this...this is an all new low for TTx. I was forced to accept "Expert Services" because I checked the box associated with tuition payments. Suddenly, TTx is unable to calculate taxes with education expenses? I tried to back out, nope. I logged out and back in, nope - unable to change my product (sold for the low bargain price of $179.) I am beyond irritated and despite the convenience of autopop. from last year, I will be using another service. Bad move TTx, I'm taking my business--and all 6 of my adult children's taxes--elsewhere. That's 7 customers gone for the low, bargain price of $179.

You would likely not want to input repairs and maintenance on tractors and other equipment into this category, because there is an outstanding question of whether the cost of the repairs should be added to the tax cost of the equipment, and depreciated over the life of the asset (in years) as depreciation expense. This is assuming that you are depreciating the tractors and other equipment as fixed assets.  If the repairs and maintenance were less than $2,500 for each asset, then they likely qualify for the de minimis safe harbor treatment to be expensed in full immediately. If the repairs and maintenance on the assets was above this threshold, then they may need to be capitalized and depreciated as improvements.  Either way, make sure you are answering questions about the cost of fixed asset business equipment (such as tractors) in the Business Assets and Depreciation interview screens.    Learn more: IRS - Tangible property regulations – Frequently asked questions  

Yes, there is.  This additional deduction for seniors is calculated automatically based on the birthday you have entered in your tax return.   This deduction is located on Schedule 1-A Additional Deductions, Part V. The total additional deductions will be summed and appear on your 1040, line 13b.   Note, this deduction has income limitations.  It begins phasing out at income of $75,000 for a single filer (or $150,000 married) and is completely phased out at income of $175,000 for a single filer (or $250,000 married).

This could happen if you are trying to import a pdf copy of your tax return instead of the tax file.  If you are using TurboTax Desktop, please see this link for instructions to transfer last year's return to TurboTax Desktop for Windows.   If you are using TurboTax Online, see How do I transfer last year's return into TurboTax Online for guidance.